Abstract

This workshop, held at the University of Lincoln on 22 and 23 May 2014, was concerned with exploring some of the ways in which culture has been experienced in the home from the early 20th century to the present day. It drew together a number of experts from a range of disciplines incluing history, sociology, media studies, musicology, linguistics and fan studies as well as practitioners to look in detail at specific examples of domestic cultural engagement. Topics ranged from music in a pre-electronic age through television and radio and present-day activities associated with Web 2:0. Papers considered a number of specific examples of domestic cultural engagement, considering both consumption and production. Through our discussion we were able to suggest some possible methodological approaches to enable evaluations of how culture is experienced in the home as well as the value that individuals place on this experience.